Bari and the Last Tiger

 BARI AND THE LAST TIGER / 바리 공주와 마지막 호랑이

A MULTIMEDIA CHAMBER CONCERT COMPOSED BY THEODORE WIPRUD With a NARRATION and ILLUSTRATION- 2027-2028. Premiere at Flushing Town Hall.

Writer/ Seoung-Woon, Theater Director/ Marion Schoevaert. Digital Artist/ Han DongHwi

BARI AND THE LAST TIGER is inspired by the Korean mythological fairytale “Princess Bari, the First Shaman.”  This adaptation is a tale of femininity, humility, and self-realization, concluding with Bari’s choice to live in the liminal space between the human and natural spirit worlds.  The production reinterprets the traditional story of the “cast away” seventh daughter as a journey of ecological consequence.

Composer Theodore Wiprud will create a new, one-hour dramatic work for a chamber orchestra of Korean gugak instruments alongside classical strings, winds, and percussion. Wiprud specializes in creating new musical worlds where sounds from disparate cultures meet on equal footing.  BARI will bring to life a pancultural mythic realm, where the daegeum (gugak flute) embodies the voice of Bari, at the same fragile, emotionally resonant, and with deep wisdom.

Musicians: daegeum (flute), haegeum(string), janggu (drum)-traditional Korean instruments- violin; double bass; French horn; percussion.

A fusion of traditional and digital aesthetics, the performance is anchored by a groundbreaking visual landscape: 25 large-scale frescos, created by Han DongHwi. These digital collages of "artificial nature" are projected behind the musicians, blending traditional Korean landscapes with contemporary photo-composites. All characters will be in anime style drawings.

This ecological musical story will be a ritual for our dying ecosystem and biodiversity. We are proud to collaborate with ClimateMusic Project  and  Plankton Chronicles with Christian and Noe Sardet (France).

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